21 Oct
Tych Business Solutions
Durban Central
Duties & Responsibilities
Minimum Requirements:
Minimum a B.Com or equivalent
CIMA / CA qualification will be an advantage
3 to 5 years management accounting experience, including commercial costing and some exposure to processing or manufacturing environments
Computer literacy (SAP and MS Office skills prerequisite)
Report writing
Duties & Responsibilities
Budgeting and Forecasting
Prepare budget and forecasting timetables.
Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecast pack for presentation
Coordinate the capex budget within agreed parameters.
Project Management
Responsible for identifying logistics areas for process improvement and cost savings to ensure expectations are met.
Lead,
manage and facilitate reporting improvement projects across the business.
Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.
Identify training, coaching and mentoring opportunities where possible for the team to achieve performance targets
Reporting
Oversee, analyse and interrogate results in TM1 by customer and depot
Managing the focused delivery of an accurate monthly scorecard
Understanding and managing of the data accuracy and reconciliation in TM1Streamlining existing processes and paper trails in order to reduce the risk of human error and improve speed of information delivery.
Overseeing the balancing of all reports, sign off on recons and documented investigation of variances
Publish weekly and monthly “snap-shot” reports as required by the business in an accurate and timely manner by:
developing a broad knowledge base of the organisational processes and policies.
staying fully informed of operational objectives,
performance and critical trends.
focusing on the compilation of a monthly commercial reporting pack that highlights focus points for the month, exposes core issues, generates action plans and assigns responsibilities.
engaging with Management Accountant through presentation of the monthly commercial report and follow-up sessions where appropriate in order to provide the business with the tools to make informed strategic decisions, implement change and maximise profitability.
Assist in the review and actioning of TM1 variance reports prepared using data extracted from TM1.
Analyse and explain KPI fluctuations and variances.
Provide monthly commentary for submission to the Commercial Manager.
Cost analysis (ABC Model)
Understand the ABC Model and cost drivers
Provide commercial insight into variances of cost drivers month on month.
Identify changes in the business that need to flow through the model
Maintain data process flows and present changes at commercial team meetings
Analyse costs against budgets and forecasts.
Provide input driving optimisation of efficiencies in the depot environment.
Analyse all input costs within the cost centre.
Analyse proposed changes to cost allocation (as a result of trials or change in specifications) and assist with data collection of new business proposals.
Implement cost management initiatives within the team.
Variance Analysis
Understand the SAP cost centres and the upload into TM1 to assist in variance explanations
Prepare presentation of major variances to Commercial Manager
Participate in investigations and audits to support initiatives designed to control costs and maximise profits.
Provide commentary on the monthly reporting packs, ABC model month on month variance analysis
Calculate the actual impact of changes that have been made and new cost allocation and present to Management Accountant.
Analyse actual KPI’s versus budget and work with the teams to address areas of non-conformance or concern proactively and timeously.
Information and Data Management
Ensure team members accurately and regularly capture data into the information system to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.
Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.
Take responsibility for data accuracy and completeness for the relevant model.
Customer Service
Respond to customer queries regarding information relating to the Operations activities.
Engage with Fleet Management, Operations team, Planning and Finance to improve efficiency and reduce cost to serve in order to provide cost effective customer service.
Act as global go-to person for all Operations data quality related questions
Package & Remuneration
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